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sandy's reach stretches hundreds of miles. we will talk about its potential impact on everything from economic growth to energy prices. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! as we go on the air tonight, hurricane sandy is ready to make landfall in the u.s., already it's an historic storm, with historic prparations. stock marketclosed. and coast lines evacuated with tens of millions of people sitting in the forecast path of the massive storm. sandy is a huge storm expected to come ashore in southern new jersey. but the hurricane force winds have been battering the eastern seaboard for hours. those winds extend out 175 miles from the center of the storm. those winds are pushing the atlantic ocean up and over many coast-lines. from rhode island, south to the jersey shore. coastal flooding is a significant risk thanks to the storm surge, potentially reaching 11 feet in new york harbor. battery park on the tip of manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation, as waves already have topped the sea wall. low lying areas are at substantial ri
sandy's reach stretches hundreds of miles. we will talk about its potential impact on everything from economic growth to energy prices. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! as we go on the air tonight, hurricane sandy is ready to make landfall in the u.s., already it's an historic storm, with historic prparations. stock marketclosed. and coast lines evacuated with tens of millions of people sitting in the forecast path of the massive storm. sandy is a huge storm expected to come ashore...
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>> tom: hurricane sandy is now super-storm sandy as it clashes with another weather system, bringing wind, rain, and snow to parts of the mid-atlantic and northeastern u.s. she has cut a path of destruction, flooding, and massive power outages as the death toll from the storm stands at 17 across seven states. even as sandy makes her way to canada, the destruction is devastating. high winds pushed the atlantic ocean up and over seawalls, flooding entire neighborhoods. the wind and water teamed up to cut power to millions of people along the eastern seaboard. the storm surge even continued today as sandy tracked through western pennsylvania and new york state. the storm has affected an estimated one out of every five americans, bringing some business to a standstill over flooding, closed airports, and no public transportation. while rescue efforts continue tonight, early damage estimates are still rough, running between $10 billion and $20 billion, according to eqecat. hurricane irene did $10 billion damage 14 months ago. >> susie: wall street was closed again today for the second stra
>> tom: hurricane sandy is now super-storm sandy as it clashes with another weather system, bringing wind, rain, and snow to parts of the mid-atlantic and northeastern u.s. she has cut a path of destruction, flooding, and massive power outages as the death toll from the storm stands at 17 across seven states. even as sandy makes her way to canada, the destruction is devastating. high winds pushed the atlantic ocean up and over seawalls, flooding entire neighborhoods. the wind and water...
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where does sandy fit in terms of economic impact? what are your numbers showing? >> good question, susie. >> in terms of total economic loss. because airms aren't going, and restaurants aren't serving meals, and the property damage i think tell come to about50 biion. put this in context, that's roughly the consequence of 9/11. it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we have the employment numbers coming out. i'd like your take on that. what are you expecting in terms of new job hirings and the unemployment rate? we've created 150,000 jobs a month over the past three years. i expect that's roughly what we'll get. unemployment, as you remember, it dips down unexpectedly to 7.8%, i expect that will notch up a tenth or two. i don't think we go over 8%. >> susie: it could notch up a bilt. good information. mark, always a pleasure talking to you. mark zandi. >> thank you. >> tom: still ahead, from downed powerlines, to flooded out utilities, we talk about powering b
where does sandy fit in terms of economic impact? what are your numbers showing? >> good question, susie. >> in terms of total economic loss. because airms aren't going, and restaurants aren't serving meals, and the property damage i think tell come to about50 biion. put this in context, that's roughly the consequence of 9/11. it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we...
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has said it's too early to put a real cost on hurricane sandy. all of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were lower. the nasdaq one hundred and russell 2,000 funds saw the biggest losses, down more than 1% each. and that's tonight's market focus. election day may be in four days, but president obama and the lame duck congress have less than two months to steer clear of the fiscacliff-- the combination of tax hikes and government spending cuts scheduled to take affect in january. our market monitor this week says plan now for higher taxes soon, and higher interest rates eventually. duncan richardson is chief investment officer at eaton vance management. he joins us from that firm in boston. duncan, i take it you're a pessimist in regards to avoiding the fiscal cliff that we're going to go over? >> not really a pessimist. i think the fiscal cliff is going to be more of a fiscal slope, but there will be a tax element to it. i think because we're starting at such a low level of tax rates, we're very likely to have higher taxes eit
has said it's too early to put a real cost on hurricane sandy. all of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were lower. the nasdaq one hundred and russell 2,000 funds saw the biggest losses, down more than 1% each. and that's tonight's market focus. election day may be in four days, but president obama and the lame duck congress have less than two months to steer clear of the fiscacliff-- the combination of tax hikes and government spending cuts scheduled to take affect in...
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sandy has a wintry aspect. it's also producing a mixture of rain and snow in the great lakes region and significant snowfall for the aplachians. warnings are posted here. conditions are ideal for wildfires particular in florida, alabama and georgia. out towards the northwest a chain of low pressure system has opinion bringing strong winds and mountain snow. the canadian rockies may see as much as 30 centimeters of snow. getting up to 25 in los angeles, 24 in houston. temperatures very chilly. look at this only 9 degrees in chicago. 13 in toronto and 8 degrees in washington, d.c. it will be much cooler than these actual numbers. here is the extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks very much for joining us.
sandy has a wintry aspect. it's also producing a mixture of rain and snow in the great lakes region and significant snowfall for the aplachians. warnings are posted here. conditions are ideal for wildfires particular in florida, alabama and georgia. out towards the northwest a chain of low pressure system has opinion bringing strong winds and mountain snow. the canadian rockies may see as much as 30 centimeters of snow. getting up to 25 in los angeles, 24 in houston. temperatures very chilly....
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utilities have been in focus thanks to the devastation left by superstorm sandy. two of the public traded utilities still working to get power back on, continue seeing their stocks fall. new york power company consolidated edison was down 2%. new jersey's public service enterprise group dropped another 1.2%. these are their lowest share prices since may. meantime, lower energy prices, specifically for natural gas, helped profits at fertilizer maker c.f. industries. a booming farm economy helped increase demand, making up for lower prices for its phosphate fertilizer. the stock rallied 3.2% before the company released its quarterly results after the closing bell tonight. the stock rallied about 1% from this closing price in extended hours trading. t company is optimistic about its 2013 business. it expects farmers to plant a lot of corn next year, and need the fertilizer for it. real estate website zillow also was out with its results late today. while earnings per share were stronger than expected but its forecast came up short. after closing down 5.3%, at $34.37
utilities have been in focus thanks to the devastation left by superstorm sandy. two of the public traded utilities still working to get power back on, continue seeing their stocks fall. new york power company consolidated edison was down 2%. new jersey's public service enterprise group dropped another 1.2%. these are their lowest share prices since may. meantime, lower energy prices, specifically for natural gas, helped profits at fertilizer maker c.f. industries. a booming farm economy helped...
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so tonight, is sandy picking up steam? >> sandy accelerated during the day today. taking it a little bit faster towards the coast, that's right. >> ifill: where is it going to hit? >> well, we're looking at the southern part of new jersey, somewhere in there. but it's really more important to talk about the overall effects of the storm because the effects are spreading from new england all the way through the mid atlantic states. the center location is not particularly important. >> ifill: does this feel to you like a once in a lifetime weather event? >> i have been in this business for 30 years now. i can't remember anything quite like it. >> ifill: can you explain for us how this hybrid storm came together. >> normally what happens as we get towards the latter part... (no audio) a very large area of high pressure that got in the way of sandy, turned it back and at the same time we had a shot of energy from the upper levels of the atmosphere that came all the way from pacific canada across the united states. it reached the system at the upper levels earlier today,
so tonight, is sandy picking up steam? >> sandy accelerated during the day today. taking it a little bit faster towards the coast, that's right. >> ifill: where is it going to hit? >> well, we're looking at the southern part of new jersey, somewhere in there. but it's really more important to talk about the overall effects of the storm because the effects are spreading from new england all the way through the mid atlantic states. the center location is not particularly...
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still ahead, we have more on sandy: flood insurance, the cost of getting power turned back on, and the challenge of getting around america's busiest city. >> tom: october marked a pick-up in private hiring. that's the word from payroll processing firm adp. it says u.s. private payrolls grew by 158,000 positions in october. that higher than expected number comes as adp overhauls how it calculates the number by including more companies in its survey. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the economic signals out today point in the same direction-- an economy that has moved through a rough couple of months last spring has now found stability. >> slow growth need not be fragile, so we are in a moderate growth phase that appears to be quite durable. it's going to be hard to break out significantly in one direction or the other, unless we get a policy surprise or a policy mistake. >> reporter: the adp payroll snapshot is seen as a kind of preview for the government's official employment report, which comes out tomorrow. factoring in job losses in state and local government, adp projects the lab
still ahead, we have more on sandy: flood insurance, the cost of getting power turned back on, and the challenge of getting around america's busiest city. >> tom: october marked a pick-up in private hiring. that's the word from payroll processing firm adp. it says u.s. private payrolls grew by 158,000 positions in october. that higher than expected number comes as adp overhauls how it calculates the number by including more companies in its survey. darren gersh reports. >> reporter:...
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then along came hurricane sandy. in politics, a wise man told me once that you can never see around t corner. i don't want to minimize the tragic human dimensions of this giant storm and its aftermath, but this is a political program and the election is next tuesday, so here goes. we start with new jersey gov. christie prior to hurricane sandy. >> send you back to chicago -- give you the plane trip back to chicago you have earned. i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for the people of our state. >> he has put his heart and soul into making sure that the people ofew jersey bounce back stronger than before. >> for the past several days, voters have seen the president on tv, at the white house, the red cross, as you just saw with the governor christie. they saw the president hugging victims and looking, well, presidential during the time of crisis. with the election practically on our doorstep, how will that the aftermath of sandy play out? >> it will play out good for president ob
then along came hurricane sandy. in politics, a wise man told me once that you can never see around t corner. i don't want to minimize the tragic human dimensions of this giant storm and its aftermath, but this is a political program and the election is next tuesday, so here goes. we start with new jersey gov. christie prior to hurricane sandy. >> send you back to chicago -- give you the plane trip back to chicago you have earned. i cannot thank the president enough for his personal...
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i've seen sandy a couple times. not -- >> sandy weil. >> yeah, sandy weil. and i sort of say, "sandy, you know, we didn't do very well." and he's not comfortable with that conversation at all. i think he would still defend that it was a good merger, it just went off the tracks afterwards. i -- >> when itent off the tracks, john, you know, millions of people lost their jobs. millions of people lost their homes. millions of people saw their savings -- >> if you look at the lost product in the united states, in other words, the difference between our current economic trajectory and the potential economic trajectory, you're talking about trillions of dollars. and those dollars are jobs and output and so forth and on so. i mean we over leveraged. and that was because we were creating mortgages so as to sell them into the market. and we're creating them from customers who probably should not have been borrowing. they didn't know what they were originating, didn't know who was buying it, and they didn't care. they were getting paid commissions along the way. and th
i've seen sandy a couple times. not -- >> sandy weil. >> yeah, sandy weil. and i sort of say, "sandy, you know, we didn't do very well." and he's not comfortable with that conversation at all. i think he would still defend that it was a good merger, it just went off the tracks afterwards. i -- >> when itent off the tracks, john, you know, millions of people lost their jobs. millions of people lost their homes. millions of people saw their savings -- >> if you...
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industry estimates put the total amount of damage from superstorm sandy at $50 billion. insurance companies are expected to pick up between $10-$20 billion of that. that puts superstorm sandy at the top of the list ahead of hurricanes ike, ivan, and irene. monday we will look at why rebuilding from sandy is so expensive thanks to where she came ashore. ruben ramirez, seaside heights, new jersey. back here on wall street, tom, some interesting revolutions from netflix today saying it got a wells notice and being investigated by the securities and exchange commission. behind it is a very interesting debate going on. the reason for the investigation is that the ceo reid hastings had posted some information on his facebook page about developments at the company and the fec said you didn't disclose this property, should have been a press release or filing with the sec and raises new questions about social media and fair disclosure. >> tom: this is all about how technology is changing and regulations have a hard time susie keeping up with it. we see it with high frequency trad
industry estimates put the total amount of damage from superstorm sandy at $50 billion. insurance companies are expected to pick up between $10-$20 billion of that. that puts superstorm sandy at the top of the list ahead of hurricanes ike, ivan, and irene. monday we will look at why rebuilding from sandy is so expensive thanks to where she came ashore. ruben ramirez, seaside heights, new jersey. back here on wall street, tom, some interesting revolutions from netflix today saying it got a wells...
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six months after superstorm sandy hit the coasts. allinothat and more on "nightly business report," monday april 29th. good evening, everyone. we had a nice start to the week for investors. stocks opened up and kept on going. >> yeah, a little bit of a surprise, but it was one of those days. it has been a few weeks indeed since we said this, but it was another record-setting day on wall strt with stocks getng a bigboost. pending home sales, contracts that assigned, not yet closed rose 1.5% in march. and personal income and consumer spending rose two-tenths of 1% in march. the dow rose 106 points days. nasdaq good for a 12 1/2-year high. and the s 500 closed 11 points higher, ending the session at 1593.61, tenths of a point above the old record close. things may just be warming up. on wednesday we'll get the latest road on how much homes are selling for. and federal reserve policy makers will wrap up a two-day meeting on interest rates and those billions in monthly asset purchases. and then on friday, the big economic report of the we
six months after superstorm sandy hit the coasts. allinothat and more on "nightly business report," monday april 29th. good evening, everyone. we had a nice start to the week for investors. stocks opened up and kept on going. >> yeah, a little bit of a surprise, but it was one of those days. it has been a few weeks indeed since we said this, but it was another record-setting day on wall strt with stocks getng a bigboost. pending home sales, contracts that assigned, not yet...
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the state attorney general has asked more than 75 charities to show where their sandy relief donations are going. >> these scammers tend to take advantage of people in emotional situatns, when they're very concerd about things le disaster relief, and will respond to an ad or an email without really taking the extra step of checking. >> reporter: schneiderman hopes other states follow suit and ask non-profits to disclose information about the reputability of their organization. more than two billion people around the world are expected to tune in to tonight's concert, raising more than $60 million. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for wednesday, december 12. have a great evening, everyone. and you, too, susie. >> susie: tom, we're comi to the close of 12-12-12. and i hope it's been a good day for you. thanks for watching, everyone. join us online at www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the
the state attorney general has asked more than 75 charities to show where their sandy relief donations are going. >> these scammers tend to take advantage of people in emotional situatns, when they're very concerd about things le disaster relief, and will respond to an ad or an email without really taking the extra step of checking. >> reporter: schneiderman hopes other states follow suit and ask non-profits to disclose information about the reputability of their organization. more...
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sandy disrupted our economic life. cars weren't bought, homes weren't sold and factories couldn't produce. from those things, we can catch up, and we are catching up. make no mistake-- as common sense would tell you, sandy hurt new jersey's economy. >> susi: christ today pledged to devote the nal year of his first term in office to rebuilding and reinvigorating areas of the state devastated by hurricane sandy. >> tom: as the drama over the fiscal cliff played out in washington, car racing may have been the last thing you were thinking about. but as rick horrow explains in tonight's "beyond the scoreboard," the fiscal cliff deal as very good for nascar racetrack owners. >> arguably one of the biggest winners in the recent fiscal cliff tax deal is nascar track owners. included in the compromise is a measure allong track owns like international speedway to accelerate their depreciation expenses, thus reducing the taxes they pay. the so-called "nascar loophole" saves track owners $46 million this year and $95 million throu
sandy disrupted our economic life. cars weren't bought, homes weren't sold and factories couldn't produce. from those things, we can catch up, and we are catching up. make no mistake-- as common sense would tell you, sandy hurt new jersey's economy. >> susi: christ today pledged to devote the nal year of his first term in office to rebuilding and reinvigorating areas of the state devastated by hurricane sandy. >> tom: as the drama over the fiscal cliff played out in washington, car...
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but at least one analyst predicts sandy's hit will be temporary. erika miller reports. >> reporter: first, we had superstorm sandy. last night, a snow storm. but today, new yorkers were back to shopping in full force. contrary to conventional wisdom, natural disasters have very little long-term impact on retail spending. >> they don't destroy demand, they displace it, either forward in time-- before the event-- or after the event. or nowadays, of course, from bricks and mortar to online. >> reporter: customer growth partners looked at 20 years of natural disasters and found that in virtually every case, spending rose in the months after the event. sandy or not, the holiday season is expected to be ho-hum for retailers. the national retail federation, the retail industry's trade group, is forecasting a more than 4% gain, but customer growth partners, which does field research with shoers, pectjust a 2.8gain. >> disposable income is weak, and disposable income is still the single biggest driver behind retail sales. so that's weak. there's fears of un
but at least one analyst predicts sandy's hit will be temporary. erika miller reports. >> reporter: first, we had superstorm sandy. last night, a snow storm. but today, new yorkers were back to shopping in full force. contrary to conventional wisdom, natural disasters have very little long-term impact on retail spending. >> they don't destroy demand, they displace it, either forward in time-- before the event-- or after the event. or nowadays, of course, from bricks and mortar to...
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. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and queens as sandy hit. the rush of water closed major commuter tunnels linking manhattan with otherbos contributing to the worst damage to the subway system in its 108 years. >> last night we could look down this street here and we saw the river coming toward us and it actually looked like something out of a movie. it was unbelievable. >> woodruff: equally unbelievable, winds of at least 80 miles an hour blew out the bright lights that usually dominate the manhattan skyline. some one million homes and businesses in and around the city lost power. today mayor michael bloomberg appealed for understanding amid warnings it could take days to restore all tra
. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and queens as sandy hit. the rush of water closed major commuter tunnels linking...
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that's exactly what happened to sandy lawson. here's how she coped with those challenges. >> sandy lawson six years ago was working on her 24th year with the riverside county sheriff's department as a corporal at the riverside county jail in blythe, california. and i was a training officer. and my whole thing was, i was going to do three more years. i was gonna retire. live in phoenix, arizona, play guitars, play a little flute. my life was just planned out. i was going to relax and have a great time. >> lamont: what happened five years ago? >> i had a stroke. i didn't know i had a stroke. my body just stopped working slowly. and the next thing i knew, i was in the hospital. >> lamont: when did you begin to lose your vision? >> probably about three weeks after. >> lamont: all right, so between the stroke and the loss of vision, how did things change for you? >> well, after a while, my department retired me because i was no longer viable as a training officer
that's exactly what happened to sandy lawson. here's how she coped with those challenges. >> sandy lawson six years ago was working on her 24th year with the riverside county sheriff's department as a corporal at the riverside county jail in blythe, california. and i was a training officer. and my whole thing was, i was going to do three more years. i was gonna retire. live in phoenix, arizona, play guitars, play a little flute. my life was just planned out. i was going to relax and have...
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nowe s theame thiith sandy. i think the hope has to be that sandy isn't short for cassandra and that it's another warning that we ignore. absolutely people now have seen that you can in fact have the worst-case scenario, which was a flooding of the lower manhattan and i think any city along the eastern sea board has ask-to-ask themselves what would happen if hurricane sandy hit us? >> suarez: well, how do we price risk, then, into the decisions we make both publicly and privately. should there with b places in new jersey,n new york, where surace companies s "we don't want to pay for you to rebuild right there"? where the cost of doing so becomes higher and maybe prohibitive for some people? >> there probably should be, yes, because the alternative is we keep enticing people to place more and more of their value, more and more of their wealth in fragile co-systems or fragile areas of the environment if we don't give them the proper price signal on risk. so somehow we have to find a way to get the state out of bei
nowe s theame thiith sandy. i think the hope has to be that sandy isn't short for cassandra and that it's another warning that we ignore. absolutely people now have seen that you can in fact have the worst-case scenario, which was a flooding of the lower manhattan and i think any city along the eastern sea board has ask-to-ask themselves what would happen if hurricane sandy hit us? >> suarez: well, how do we price risk, then, into the decisions we make both publicly and privately. should...
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, new jersey, was hit hard by hurricane sandy. many homes still have no power, and many gas stations are still dry. nevertheless, residents made it their business to vote today, even though their polling site had to be moved at the last minute to a new location. >> reporter: in manhattan, only a handful of voting centers had to be changed because of the storm's aftermath. this site downtown is also accommodating voters from another location, and some residents found the change somewhat confusing. >> it's pretty hectic, being as though we're sharing ed from other schools due to the storm, and other schools being closed due to the storm. >> but without our cell phone, we'd be lost. >> reporter: and at least some voters were able to keep their sense of humor... >> this is whwere i vote. >> reporter: suzanne pratt, nbr, parsippany, new jersey. >> susie: hurricane sandy disrupted the election process in an election that was already getting complicated. from mail-in ballots to high- tech voting machines, there are fresh questions about
, new jersey, was hit hard by hurricane sandy. many homes still have no power, and many gas stations are still dry. nevertheless, residents made it their business to vote today, even though their polling site had to be moved at the last minute to a new location. >> reporter: in manhattan, only a handful of voting centers had to be changed because of the storm's aftermath. this site downtown is also accommodating voters from another location, and some residents found the change somewhat...
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>> sandy will continue to head northward tonight into tomorrow. an area that should be on the lookout over the next 24 hours include northeast florida to coastal georgia, including eastern sections of the carolinas. we're talking squally weather beginning later tonight into tomorrow from jacksonville to the outer banks of north carolina. and we're also talking about wind gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour in this corridor. and also flooding tides from the outer banks of north carolina to coastal sections of south carolina over the next 24 hours vooez there's also been a lot of talk of this becoming a superstorm as it goes fort northeast what is happening whrx is behind it, what are the forces at work? >> hari, one of the reasons why this storm is so different, so to speak, is because of the time of the year that it is o curling. we're looking at tropical moisture coming in, if the south with sandy colliding with the cooler air coming in from the north and west and that cool air is associated with this jet stream which is going to dip pretty far so
>> sandy will continue to head northward tonight into tomorrow. an area that should be on the lookout over the next 24 hours include northeast florida to coastal georgia, including eastern sections of the carolinas. we're talking squally weather beginning later tonight into tomorrow from jacksonville to the outer banks of north carolina. and we're also talking about wind gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour in this corridor. and also flooding tides from the outer banks of north carolina to...
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hurricane sandy is on track to hit the northeast, and stick around a few days. from business closings to home damage, we'll have the latest on the monster storm's economic impact. and finally tonight, peyton likes pizza! denver broncos quarterback peyton manning today, inked a deal to buy 21 papa johns pizza franchises in theenver area. manning called it a smart investment for now and long after he's done playing. peyton and the pizza chain aren't strangers, he's been starring in their commercials for the past year. but the strategy isn't new, dunkin brands cut similar franchise deals earlier this year with dallas cowboys owner jerry jones and former q.b. troy aikman. so, a lot of dough, tom. that's nightly business report >> i wonder if they're eating ther own cooking as well. >> susie: there you go. that's nightly business report for friday, october 26. have a great weekend everyone, you too tom. >> tom: goodnight everybody, we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh a
hurricane sandy is on track to hit the northeast, and stick around a few days. from business closings to home damage, we'll have the latest on the monster storm's economic impact. and finally tonight, peyton likes pizza! denver broncos quarterback peyton manning today, inked a deal to buy 21 papa johns pizza franchises in theenver area. manning called it a smart investment for now and long after he's done playing. peyton and the pizza chain aren't strangers, he's been starring in their...
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it is called sandy release. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to nooa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and atmospheric -- they predict storms. >> this does not address the fundamental problem that sandy created. >> we have a system in which du burns $60 billion in one hour -- in which you burn $60 billion, twice the budget of the state of new jersey. >> noaa already exists and they have done an excellent job in predicting sandy. >> now they need more. >> more for noaa. >> deliberate over the way you deliberate -- >> we have to take a break and then we will look at what lies ahead for the president's cabinet. but secretary of state hillary c
it is called sandy release. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to nooa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and...
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it's the first major storm to hit the northeast since hurricane sandy and it could be one for the record books. residents and businesses spent the day preparing for the worst. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. the u.s. trade gap narrows as the world buys more made in america products and the u.s. buys less foreign oil. >> susie: and with gas prices rising, chevy hopes its new diesel chevy cruze will attract buyers looking for more miles per gallon. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: millions of people are bracing tonight for a powerful snow storm that could cripple the east coast. some forecasters say this could be the blizzard of the century with record amounts of snow and extremely strong winds. in parts of the northeast, transportation was shut down. the governors of massachusetts and connecticut declared a state of emergency and banned car travel, train service and cancelled flights in and out of boston. while the worst of the storm has yet to hit, many businesses and cities were busy making prarations today. erika ller repor. >> reporter: this monstrous storm is already being
it's the first major storm to hit the northeast since hurricane sandy and it could be one for the record books. residents and businesses spent the day preparing for the worst. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. the u.s. trade gap narrows as the world buys more made in america products and the u.s. buys less foreign oil. >> susie: and with gas prices rising, chevy hopes its new diesel chevy cruze will attract buyers looking for more miles per gallon. >> tom: that and more tonight on...
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lincoln back with us, the chief strategist, from the cme group in chicago, sandy, it is great to see you again. >> i appreciate it >> are you suggesting investors ignore all of the fiscal cliff worry and the threat of that cliff? >> well, i don't know what we are going to do with the obsession about the fiscal cliff ever goes away, but i think you do have to sort of look beyond the fiscal cliff, not just to the fiscal cliff. there is a lot of obsession about it for understandable reasons, if they dig in their heels there is real fiscal drag involved, we don't think that is is that is the likely scenario, we think it is much more likely they downsize the size of the cliff and maybe knock half of it off and work on the rest in early 2013, but the more important thing, tom, i think is the secular things they can do in first half of 2013 to improve the trajectory of what we are doing with our entitlement programs and with tax reforms, and if they do that, that is what i mean by looking through the cliff, if those things happen, 200013 could set up and trigger a lot of good catalysts not
lincoln back with us, the chief strategist, from the cme group in chicago, sandy, it is great to see you again. >> i appreciate it >> are you suggesting investors ignore all of the fiscal cliff worry and the threat of that cliff? >> well, i don't know what we are going to do with the obsession about the fiscal cliff ever goes away, but i think you do have to sort of look beyond the fiscal cliff, not just to the fiscal cliff. there is a lot of obsession about it for...
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we had a nor'easter in 2006 that came about here, about where sandy came. if you think about it 100 years ago that would be a foot and a half down, it wouldn't even have touched this building. problem is 100 years going forward, if you go up three feet, in 100 years this middle of the road nor'easter is suddenly as high as the storm of record in 1933. >> reporter: the national oceanic and atmospheric administration finds norfolk is the second most vulnerable area its size to sea level rise in the country, right behind new orleans. norfolk is particularly prone to flooding because of its location-- flanked by the atlantic ocean, the chesapeake bay and the james river. it is also slowly sinking. the city is home to roughly 250,000 people, a major port and the world's largest naval base. it is of critical importance to our national security. nearly 45% of the city's economy is tied to defense spending. and in response to sea level rise, the navy has been replacing 14 piers at a cost of $35 million to $40 million apiece. >> sea level here is coming up for lots
we had a nor'easter in 2006 that came about here, about where sandy came. if you think about it 100 years ago that would be a foot and a half down, it wouldn't even have touched this building. problem is 100 years going forward, if you go up three feet, in 100 years this middle of the road nor'easter is suddenly as high as the storm of record in 1933. >> reporter: the national oceanic and atmospheric administration finds norfolk is the second most vulnerable area its size to sea level...
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two of them released their estimates of how much hurricane sandy will cost them. travelers figures the storm will cost it $650 million. hartford pegged its storm losses as high as $350 million. analysts say the companies can absorb the impact. both stocks were higher. travelers rallied 4.9%, closing less than one dollar away from a new 52-week high. hartford added 2.9%. drug giant pfizer had encouraging news on an experimental breast cancer drug. with up to $6 billion in potential global sales, the stock rallied. shares jumped 1.9% on heavier than usual volume. while the breast cancer drug tests were positive, any regulatory approval wouldn't happen for at least a couple of years. three of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were up. the financial e.t.f. had the best gains, up 1.2%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: a tough day for investors in freeport mcmoran. the stock plunged 16% on news that the mining company is buying two oil and gas producers. it's paying $9 billion for plains exploration and production company and mcmoran e
two of them released their estimates of how much hurricane sandy will cost them. travelers figures the storm will cost it $650 million. hartford pegged its storm losses as high as $350 million. analysts say the companies can absorb the impact. both stocks were higher. travelers rallied 4.9%, closing less than one dollar away from a new 52-week high. hartford added 2.9%. drug giant pfizer had encouraging news on an experimental breast cancer drug. with up to $6 billion in potential global sales,...
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>> i can't really attribute sandy to climate change. it could be within the normal variability of these types of storms, but i do know that climate change is occurring. and it is starting to exaggerate some of the hazards, most notably in this area, sea level rise. and as the sea level rises, it stands to reason that the next storm will produce a larger storm surge, just because it has more water and the waters higher than ever before. >> reporter: and more people and property at risk. we were at water street, for example. from here to the east river: landfill. >> for most of the time the storm came through no one lived here, or very few people lived here. now, we have millions of people concentrated in, for instance, in the new york area. we have tons of infrastructure, we have important business assets that are exposed, and that's what's different. >> reporter: yes, says mindy lubber, and therefore insurance companies should raise their premiums to signal the rising dangers. >> they can impact all of our behavior by the way they price
>> i can't really attribute sandy to climate change. it could be within the normal variability of these types of storms, but i do know that climate change is occurring. and it is starting to exaggerate some of the hazards, most notably in this area, sea level rise. and as the sea level rises, it stands to reason that the next storm will produce a larger storm surge, just because it has more water and the waters higher than ever before. >> reporter: and more people and property at...
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this is just a sliver of the debris that sandy left behind on statten island. not preparing could cost much more. here in the far rock-aways the surge crushed dozens of houses and hurricane winds fanned flames from a fire that incinerated 111 homes. the city of new york has decided to clear away what's left here along with demolishing 200 more structures damaged by the storms. >> it was my living room couches but it flipped them over in the house. just pouring water out of them today. >> reporter: rich has had a view of the atlantic ocean from his waterfront home for more than 20 years. now he's living in a motor home in the parking lot. but he wonders whether a sea barrier would be effective. >> is it worth it? i'm not so sure it's worth it because i'm not so sure it's going to work. i don't know how you're going to stop that kind of power. putting a sea wall out there. if it would work, okay. who is going to guarantee it? spending that kind of money for something that might not work.ñr >> sreenivasan: it's a point that even the netherland concedes. the count
this is just a sliver of the debris that sandy left behind on statten island. not preparing could cost much more. here in the far rock-aways the surge crushed dozens of houses and hurricane winds fanned flames from a fire that incinerated 111 homes. the city of new york has decided to clear away what's left here along with demolishing 200 more structures damaged by the storms. >> it was my living room couches but it flipped them over in the house. just pouring water out of them today....
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>> i do have clarity on sandy and frankly it's devastating. particularly on individuals. we had 200 of our stores closed for the first three days of the november period and then many more were closed after that because we didn't have power. we definitely were impacted in a major way at our company. >> reporter: for the current quarter you expect to fall short of wall street forecasts by at least five cents. are you still comfortable with those expectations? >> we try to guide honestly and if we're able to exceed that number that's always good news. but we try to guide where we believe we're going to be so we're confident with our forecasts. >> reporter: terry thank you so much. >> thanks ruben. >> tom: while many wal-mart employees spent black friday working the check-out line, others were manning the picket line. they used the high profile shopping day to protest low wages, work schedules and employee benefits. the protests were organized by a union-backed employee group called "our walmart". demonstrations were planned for one thousand stores in 100 cities. organizers s
>> i do have clarity on sandy and frankly it's devastating. particularly on individuals. we had 200 of our stores closed for the first three days of the november period and then many more were closed after that because we didn't have power. we definitely were impacted in a major way at our company. >> reporter: for the current quarter you expect to fall short of wall street forecasts by at least five cents. are you still comfortable with those expectations? >> we try to guide...
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here we are post hurricane sandy. everyone is saying, well, maybe this is going to be our wake-up call and right now in new york city, the debate is over how much to increase fares in public transit and they -- the metrotransity authority wants to increase the price of riding a subway and the price of riding trains quite a bit, and so how does this make sense? we're supposedly having a wake-up call and we're making it harder for people to use public transit and that's because we don't have the resources that we need. >> you've been out on the devastation, why? >> i'm writing a book and the documentary to go with it and we were filming in the rockaways in staten island and in red ho, and also in the relief hubs where you just see a tremendous number of volunteers organized by occupy wall street. they call it occupy sandy. >> really? >> what i found is that the generosity is tremendous. i saw a friend last night and i asked her whether she'd been involved in the hurricane relief. they have my car, i hope they get it bac
here we are post hurricane sandy. everyone is saying, well, maybe this is going to be our wake-up call and right now in new york city, the debate is over how much to increase fares in public transit and they -- the metrotransity authority wants to increase the price of riding a subway and the price of riding trains quite a bit, and so how does this make sense? we're supposedly having a wake-up call and we're making it harder for people to use public transit and that's because we don't have the...
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sandy and the drought alone accounted for the majority of insurance losses in 2012. so, what's the impact on the insurance industry and businesses? al tobin heads insurance giant aon's property practice and says sandy has businesses in the northeast scrambling to boost their coverage. >> so, today we see customers who are very concerned about buying proper limits particularly for flood, for storm surge. it's kind of a technical term, but there was a huge storm surge created by sandy in lower manhattan. up to 13 feet of water cascaded into lower manhattan itself. in those examples, clients are looking to buy more coverage, so there's a little bit of a spike in buying, we anticipate, for 2013 for those customers exposed in that region. >> susie: last year, rates rose nearly 3% on average, but this year tobin expects them to stay about the same or move just slightly higher depending on pontial windstorm posure. coming up tomorrow on "n.b.r.": alamos gold is going south of the border. it's going to start trading here at the n.y.s.e. we'll talk to the c.e.o. about its u.s
sandy and the drought alone accounted for the majority of insurance losses in 2012. so, what's the impact on the insurance industry and businesses? al tobin heads insurance giant aon's property practice and says sandy has businesses in the northeast scrambling to boost their coverage. >> so, today we see customers who are very concerned about buying proper limits particularly for flood, for storm surge. it's kind of a technical term, but there was a huge storm surge created by sandy in...
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tonight we talk about the aftermath of the empact of hurricane sandy and one of many questions do these hurricanes have something to do with global warming. and mao -- how do we prepare fr them in the 2350u67. joining me bryan walsh of "time" magazine, paul barrett of bloomberg businessweek and steve coll of the new yorker magazine. >> people are not able to live at sea level along these coasts like they have in the past. we have to protect it with walls. >> rose: also this evening we look at some of the responses to hurricane sandy that did work and did save lives. joining me did jon lapook medical correspondent with the cbs evening news with scott pelley. >> we like to stay away from the word miracle, we really do. that's an overused word. i will say when i got there that night, i had the feeling at the pit of my stomach at first when i walked in, i thought oh my, this isn't a movie. we don't know how this is going to end. this could end with death. the were nodeaths as far as we know of anybody or catastrophes. >> rose: finally this evening we change courses and turn to narco terrori
tonight we talk about the aftermath of the empact of hurricane sandy and one of many questions do these hurricanes have something to do with global warming. and mao -- how do we prepare fr them in the 2350u67. joining me bryan walsh of "time" magazine, paul barrett of bloomberg businessweek and steve coll of the new yorker magazine. >> people are not able to live at sea level along these coasts like they have in the past. we have to protect it with walls. >> rose: also...
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volunteers from occupy sandy are here in force, along with police and the national guard. but some residents complain that representatives from government agencies like fema are scarce. eva bennick moved to a new home here eight years ago. she applied for assistance but was told on the phone her application was missing. >> they had lost the application. she found my application, she said okay, it looks like it fell through the process. i don't understand why anybody's been out there yet. nobody's been out there yet. i said, well that makes two of us. i've got to tell you the first time where we've felt like we've ever needed help. first time. and just feel like, you know, fema's supposed to be it. everybody, like my insurance company says call fema. yeah, everbody asks me that. did you call fema. i'm like, yeah. what happened? nothing. that sucks. it... it just sucks. >> reporter: fema officials contend they are responding as best they can. but because of the sheer magnitude of the work, fema official robert jensen admits some residents will be disappointed. >> this is har
volunteers from occupy sandy are here in force, along with police and the national guard. but some residents complain that representatives from government agencies like fema are scarce. eva bennick moved to a new home here eight years ago. she applied for assistance but was told on the phone her application was missing. >> they had lost the application. she found my application, she said okay, it looks like it fell through the process. i don't understand why anybody's been out there yet....
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i think that the hurricane sandy may distort the numbers. we've seen it in some of the othehigh frequency data in the last couple of weeks. keep in mind tomorrow's labor market report will report on a snapshot of the labor market taken in the middle of last month. and that's when the hurricane and its aftermath were having their effects. >> so the consensus numbers from a survey of economists, they're expecting american businesses added 110,000 jobs it to their payroll. the unemployment rate staying around 7.9%. does that sit right with you. is that what you are seeing? >> probably somewhere around that maybe a little less. one of the problems is it is harto gauge exactly what the impact of the storm will have. we know it's transitory, it's hard to say exactly how much numerically it will sub tract. if the number comes in lower than that i think a lot of people will say oh, it was probably the effect of the hurricane and they'll wait until the following month to see what kind of a rebound we get. >> let's talk a little bit about what we can
i think that the hurricane sandy may distort the numbers. we've seen it in some of the othehigh frequency data in the last couple of weeks. keep in mind tomorrow's labor market report will report on a snapshot of the labor market taken in the middle of last month. and that's when the hurricane and its aftermath were having their effects. >> so the consensus numbers from a survey of economists, they're expecting american businesses added 110,000 jobs it to their payroll. the unemployment...
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. >>> faith-based groups continue to mobilize to help those affected by hurricane sandy. on the east coast, volunteers across the spectrum are serving food, providing shelter and helping with cleanup in a massive relief operation. this week, ny othose forts we hampereby evn mo bad weather. kim lawton has more on the efforts in one new york community. >> a week after sandy, rabbi shneur wolowik of the chabad lubavitch movement is in the devastated rockaway beach area of new york. he's visiting some of the many families in his congregation whose homes are unlivable. when sandy hit, this family awoke to the sound of water rushing in. >> where were you at the time? >> i was in bed and then i heard the back door sprang open from the force of the water from the lake. it filled up the steps from the basement and after it got to a certain level, it just knocked the door right out. >> wolowik is director of the chabad center of the five towns in cedarhurst. he says the needs in his community are overwhelming. >> we find ourselves in an unprecedented and historical hurricane which
. >>> faith-based groups continue to mobilize to help those affected by hurricane sandy. on the east coast, volunteers across the spectrum are serving food, providing shelter and helping with cleanup in a massive relief operation. this week, ny othose forts we hampereby evn mo bad weather. kim lawton has more on the efforts in one new york community. >> a week after sandy, rabbi shneur wolowik of the chabad lubavitch movement is in the devastated rockaway beach area of new york....
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instead, stocks sank on worries that the costs of hurricane sandy will eat into profits. the dow jones industrial average lost 139 points to close at 13,093. the nasdaq fell almost 38 points to close at 2,982. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq were off a fraction of 1%. korean auto makers hyundai and kia could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars to car owners as compensation for overstating fuel economy. the environmental protection agency now says an audit revealed that 13 models averaged up to six miles a gallon less than advertised. some 900,000 vehicles sold in the last three years are affected. u.s. intelligence officials have rejected claims they failed to answer the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. there've been reports the cia told its security officers to "stand down" and not try to repel the attackers. senior intelligence officials denied that on thursday. they said a security team responded within 25 minutes, even though they were outmanned and outgunned. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: thi
instead, stocks sank on worries that the costs of hurricane sandy will eat into profits. the dow jones industrial average lost 139 points to close at 13,093. the nasdaq fell almost 38 points to close at 2,982. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq were off a fraction of 1%. korean auto makers hyundai and kia could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars to car owners as compensation for overstating fuel economy. the environmental protection agency now says an audit revealed that 13 models...
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we begin tonight with an update on the aftermath of hurricane sandy. two days have passed since the storm hit landfall late monday night. flooding and storm surge has left unprecedented damage in parts of brooklyn, queens, lower manhattan, and new jersey. at least 46 people are dead and millions are without power as a result of the storm. many new yorkers tried to return to work today but limited transit and power are expected to continue. city officials emphasize that crews are working none stop to help life return to normal. president obama joined governor chris christie earlier in the day to survey the damage to new jersey's coast. >> for those like the people i just had the chance to meet on this block and thought new jersey, throughout the region whose lives have been upended myecond message ise are he for you, and we will not forget. we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you've rebuilt. >> what i said yesterday i really mean. there has got to be sorrow, and you see that, and the president has seen that today
we begin tonight with an update on the aftermath of hurricane sandy. two days have passed since the storm hit landfall late monday night. flooding and storm surge has left unprecedented damage in parts of brooklyn, queens, lower manhattan, and new jersey. at least 46 people are dead and millions are without power as a result of the storm. many new yorkers tried to return to work today but limited transit and power are expected to continue. city officials emphasize that crews are working none...
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we begin this evening with the sights and sounds of hurricane sandy as recorded on cbs this morning. >> you hoped it wasn't going to be this bad, much of the east coast is waking up to see the full devastation of super storm sandy. we knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the storm has met our expectations. >> con ed says this is the single largest storm related outage in its history. >> we are very much looking for where we should put our resources. >> new york university medical center had to he advantage crate. >> when i got there and it was an extraordinary scene and the stakes could not have been higher. >> caused damage throughout the entire new jersey coast. >> half a day later it is still not over yet. we are in the midst of rescuing hundred of people and i think the east jersey shore took it in the neck, worse than any other state. >> hurricane force winds pounded ocean city maryland and they said all along their biggest worry by far is flooding. >> this is what you get on the flip side of hurricane sandy, snow. >> and it hasn't stopped all night. >> the storm
we begin this evening with the sights and sounds of hurricane sandy as recorded on cbs this morning. >> you hoped it wasn't going to be this bad, much of the east coast is waking up to see the full devastation of super storm sandy. we knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the storm has met our expectations. >> con ed says this is the single largest storm related outage in its history. >> we are very much looking for where we should put our resources. >>...
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just an hour from sea bright, another small town was badly damaged by sandy. of the community's 520 homes, 60 were washed away and 139 remain uninhabitable. still without electricity, gas, sewers or water. >> we're the smallest town with the most amount of damage. we have to take it one step at a time. we can't expect anything to happen overnight. it's baby steps. >> brown: on new york's staten island some of those who lost their homes spent christmas in shelters. >> this is actually the first time ever since 1916 there won't be a member of my family in my home on christmas morning. >> brown: meanwhile others have left new york for temporary homes in places like new milford, connecticut. >> right now i'm just taking it all in, just to even have my own little personal space is such a luxury. you change your goals. you change your priorities, your basic... everything changes. >> brown: yet some areas are showing signs of life again. in recent weeks businesses in seaside heights, new jersey, have been reopening to very grateful customers. >> this is very good. i
just an hour from sea bright, another small town was badly damaged by sandy. of the community's 520 homes, 60 were washed away and 139 remain uninhabitable. still without electricity, gas, sewers or water. >> we're the smallest town with the most amount of damage. we have to take it one step at a time. we can't expect anything to happen overnight. it's baby steps. >> brown: on new york's staten island some of those who lost their homes spent christmas in shelters. >> this is...
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two of the 20 first graders killed at sandy hook elementary. townspeople are still reeling. >> really sad. i didn't want to go back to work today. it hit me hard because i got two kids too. the same age that happened to these kids. it really hit hard, like a parent, like a dad. >> suarez: a somber weekend had concluded with last night's vigil at newtown high school about a mile away from the scene of the killings. ( applause ) police and emergency personnel got a standing ovation as they entered the auditorium. president obama met privately with the victims' families before addressing the shaken crowd. >> i can only hope it helps for you to know that you're not alone in your grief. that our world too has been torn apart, that all across this land of ours we have went with you. we pulled our children tight. and you must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide. whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear. newtown, you are not alone. >> suarez: the weekend also b
two of the 20 first graders killed at sandy hook elementary. townspeople are still reeling. >> really sad. i didn't want to go back to work today. it hit me hard because i got two kids too. the same age that happened to these kids. it really hit hard, like a parent, like a dad. >> suarez: a somber weekend had concluded with last night's vigil at newtown high school about a mile away from the scene of the killings. ( applause ) police and emergency personnel got a standing ovation as...
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and the northeast took slow steps toward recovery, one week after hurricane sandy hit. everyone gets sick, even the leader of the free world. hari sreenivasan takes a look at how health affects the presidency. >> sreenivasn: this year's candidates have clean bills of health, but that hasn't always been the case. we look at the ailments of past presidents, from depression to influenza to heart attacks. that's on our health page. as we see a final day of campaign ads, historian michael beschloss reflects on a 1976 commercial for gerald ford that never aired because it was too emotional for its time. and on our world page, video journalist toby muse filed a report of his visit with the gravediggers of aleppo, syria. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening, with full coverage of election day voting, and stay with you all night with results and analysis as the polls close. thank you, and good night. maj
and the northeast took slow steps toward recovery, one week after hurricane sandy hit. everyone gets sick, even the leader of the free world. hari sreenivasan takes a look at how health affects the presidency. >> sreenivasn: this year's candidates have clean bills of health, but that hasn't always been the case. we look at the ailments of past presidents, from depression to influenza to heart attacks. that's on our health page. as we see a final day of campaign ads, historian michael...